Firing Top Generals Makes the US Less Secure

Opinion James Stavridis, Columnist

Firing Top Generals Makes the US Less Secure

The Trump administration’s dismissal of two joint chiefs and bogus claims of wokeness and DEI will have a chilling effect on the military.
February 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM PST
By James Stavridis …is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a retired US Navy admiral, former supreme allied commander of NATO, and vice chairman of global affairs at the Carlyle Group. General Brown and Secretary Hegseth didn’t stay together for long.

With the dramatic firing of two members of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff — the chairman, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Lisa Franchetti — President Donald Trump’s administration has shocked the armed forces.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also dismissed the Air Force’s vice chief of staff, General James Slife, and three judge advocate generals (JAGS) — the top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force. Trump indicated more firings of top military officials are in the offing.

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